This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : Intermittent Fever / by Whitaker, Henry H. ; Ague / by Brown, John P. (no title page) ; Prolapsus Uteri / by Harrell, James J. ; Diphtheritic Dysentery / by Shelburn, Silas E. ; Syphilis / by Derieux J. L. ; Dysentery / by Fraser, Edward Clarence (no title page) ; Origin and Evolution of the Human Ovum / by Benson, Charles Coleman ; Anterior Splint / by Skilling, W. Quail ; Whiskey / by Free, George B. M. ; Diphtheria / by Hebrank, J. Fuller ; Enteric Fever / by Londerbaugh, F. B. ; Thrombosis of the Portal Vein / by Heldrich, Phillipp ; Etiology of Uterine Diseases / by Hughey, James B. ; Suppurative Hepatitis / by Mosier, J. Russell ; Puerperal Mania / by Thomas, Ira H. ; Pathology and Morbid Anatomy of Parenchymatous Nephritis / by Horner, Joseph ; Death / by Sikes, Ginnado T. (no title page) ; Amenorrhoea and Menorrhagia / by Kearney, William A. (no title page)